German - English
Definition of falte (in der haut) in German English dictionary
- wrinkle
- {n} a crease in cloth, the face a surrow
- A line or crease in the skin, especially when caused by age or fatigue
- If cloth wrinkles, or if someone or something wrinkles it, it gets folds or lines in it. Her stockings wrinkled at the ankles I wrinkled the velvet. + wrinkled wrin·kled His suit was wrinkled and he looked very tired. = crumpled
- To shrink into furrows and ridges
- A small ridge, prominence, or furrow formed by the shrinking or contraction of any smooth substance; a corrugation; a crease; a slight fold; as, wrinkle in the skin; a wrinkle in cloth
- a minor difficulty; "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"
- A winkle
- To pucker or become uneven or irregular
- An imperfection in the surface of a laminate that looks like a crease or fold in one of the outer layers; it occurs in vacuum bag molding due to improper placement of the bag
- To contract into furrows and prominences; to make a wrinkle or wrinkles in; to corrugate; as, wrinkle the skin or the brow
- a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different) a minor difficulty; "they finally have the wrinkles pretty well ironed out"
- A feature of a new product or security intended to entice a buyer
- become wrinkled or crumpled or creased; "This fabric won't wrinkle"
- {i} crease; fold; trick, maneuver (Slang)
- make wrinkled or creased; "furrow one's brow"
- gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker; "purse ones's lips"
- A fault, imperfection or bug especially in a new system or product; typically, they will need to be ironed out
- a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"
- a clever method of doing something (especially something new and different)
- Hence, to make rough or uneven in any way